SIGG’s Legal Troubles
It is often said that transparency is the most important value that a company can have. It might sound like a cliché, but this is a literal truth. Case in point: SIGG Switzerland (USA), Inc. A few...
View ArticleThe CSR Industry’s Lost Cause
Merck. Monsanto. ExxonMobil. Chevron. Citigroup. Goldman Sachs. Smithfield Foods. What do these companies have in common? According to CRO magazine (formerly Business Ethics), they are among the...
View ArticleShell Sets the Context
If you asked 100 executives on the street to list industries and companies with effective stakeholder engagement strategies, my bet is that the vast majority of people would overlook the oil and gas...
View ArticleBanking Industry Lessons Learned
Dennis Kozlowski is outraged. “I sit here and read about a $150 billion bailout of AIG. I compare it to a $6,000 shower curtain,” said the former Tyco CEO in an interview from his jail cell several...
View ArticleQ&A With Jeffrey Hollender
Last week green cleaning and housewares company Seventh Generation made an announcement. Jeffrey Hollender, the company’s co-founder and CEO, is handing over the reins of the business to Chuck...
View ArticleGold’s Dark Side
Investors are hoarding it to hedge against the dollar’s weakness. Consumers are buying it up in ever increasing volumes. Gold seemingly adds up to big opportunities wherever you look, with US gold...
View ArticleTop CSR Companies. Or Not.
Corporate social and environmental performance is all the rage in today’s investment environment. With increasing frequency, analysts are monitoring, evaluating, and ranking that performance. Corporate...
View ArticleTrust and Consequences
Why do some companies win public trust and others lose it? That’s a question more people are asking themselves, as global faith in business remains unfortunately fragile. Turns out the trust deficit, a...
View ArticleWhat in the World is Corporate Social Responsibility?
When academics, pundits and corporate heavy hitters take the stage to debate semantics, who wins? That question weighed heavily in my mind during last week’s “Great CSR Debate,” an event hosted by PR...
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